Everyone knows a real wizard uses a staff, six-foot long. Mere wands are for amateurs.
As far as Voldemort knows though, wands are the only option. Potterverse wizards know of nothing better, which is why I find crossovers that put more powerful forms of human magic in the same world less plausible. Certainly the wizards could have been kept ignorant of the other magics, just as the muggles have been kept ignorant of wizardry, but that means multiple conspiracies of silence - and when the conspiracies multiply believability starts to fade.
Of course, this doesn't stop such crossovers from being funny, nor does it apply to wizards from the wider multiverse. Still, stories where powerful non-Potter wizards visit the Potterverse and jeer at the locals' pitiful magics can be rather reminiscent of Victorian gentlemen visiting some far-flung province and jeering at the natives' pathetic ways - they can't even fly without a broom/build a steam engine. It all depends on how good the writer is at handling the power imbalance.
The target makes a difference too. It's one thing to mock Tom Riddle to his face, quite another to mock Arthur Weasley.
The horcrux is an old idea - Koschei the deathless did much the same thing. It may not be much by itself, but it does give the wizard time. Given 10,000 years to study magic, Voldemort might actually become as dangerous as his legend paints him, but he doesn't have enough patience for that.
Now we've seen his mother's family though, it's not surprising he's not too smart.
However, while Voldemort isn't that dangerous in himself - the wizards could easily have disposed of him if they weren't just as shortsighted (e.g, in Philosopher's Stone, use a age line to keep the kids out, trap Voldemort with the Mirror of Erised, turn him into a toad for transport, then toss him through the veil) - he is symptomatic of a greater danger, one much harder to fight.
Wizarding society is too small to sustain itself in isolation, especially in competition with the vibrant muggle society next door. Fewer people means many fewer geniuses, and much less capacity for innovation. The smartest wizard in the UK is, at best, 1 in 100,000 - there are about 500 British muggles at least that smart, some much smarter, and they have the advantage of working with their peers.
Wizarding society is sick, a sickness which spawned Voldemort, and for which he proposes the wrong cure. Doug can take out Voldemort easily enough, but can he, or any hero, solve the larger problem? It'd certainly be material for an interesting story.
As far as Voldemort knows though, wands are the only option. Potterverse wizards know of nothing better, which is why I find crossovers that put more powerful forms of human magic in the same world less plausible. Certainly the wizards could have been kept ignorant of the other magics, just as the muggles have been kept ignorant of wizardry, but that means multiple conspiracies of silence - and when the conspiracies multiply believability starts to fade.
Of course, this doesn't stop such crossovers from being funny, nor does it apply to wizards from the wider multiverse. Still, stories where powerful non-Potter wizards visit the Potterverse and jeer at the locals' pitiful magics can be rather reminiscent of Victorian gentlemen visiting some far-flung province and jeering at the natives' pathetic ways - they can't even fly without a broom/build a steam engine. It all depends on how good the writer is at handling the power imbalance.
The target makes a difference too. It's one thing to mock Tom Riddle to his face, quite another to mock Arthur Weasley.
The horcrux is an old idea - Koschei the deathless did much the same thing. It may not be much by itself, but it does give the wizard time. Given 10,000 years to study magic, Voldemort might actually become as dangerous as his legend paints him, but he doesn't have enough patience for that.
Now we've seen his mother's family though, it's not surprising he's not too smart.
However, while Voldemort isn't that dangerous in himself - the wizards could easily have disposed of him if they weren't just as shortsighted (e.g, in Philosopher's Stone, use a age line to keep the kids out, trap Voldemort with the Mirror of Erised, turn him into a toad for transport, then toss him through the veil) - he is symptomatic of a greater danger, one much harder to fight.
Wizarding society is too small to sustain itself in isolation, especially in competition with the vibrant muggle society next door. Fewer people means many fewer geniuses, and much less capacity for innovation. The smartest wizard in the UK is, at best, 1 in 100,000 - there are about 500 British muggles at least that smart, some much smarter, and they have the advantage of working with their peers.
Wizarding society is sick, a sickness which spawned Voldemort, and for which he proposes the wrong cure. Doug can take out Voldemort easily enough, but can he, or any hero, solve the larger problem? It'd certainly be material for an interesting story.